Reposted by Becky VeseyShannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I find the claim that that human teachers will only be available to the rich while the rest of students endure AI terrifying because: (a) I believe it. (b) It will show that the same rich assholes pushing AI realize its innate mediocrity. (c) It will be used to propagandize the non-rich. 19621
Reposted by Becky Veseyᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572723495
Reposted by Becky VeseyKris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Agreed! It's up there with the Far Side Jane Goodall cartoon -- which some found offensive, and she loved. www.cracked.com/article_4363...cracked.comA ‘Far Side’ Controversy Led to Gary Larson Being Attacked by a ChimpNot all members of the animal kingdom are drolly humorous 125911
Reposted by Becky VeseyEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...theonion.comTranslator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film AdaptationPHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ... 257239354577
Reposted by Becky VeseyThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I’m sorry what 4064958899
Reposted by Becky VeseyKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026CNN anchors are stunned and amazed that we're realistically looking at running out of key water and energy sources, and actual real Americans may soon not have water, as climate scientists have been warning for years. www.rawstory.com/colorado-riv...rawstory.com'That would be insane': CNN anchor stunned by 'ticking time bomb' threatening millionsA crisis potentially facing millions of unaware Americans stunned CNN analysts Thursday who described the looming problem as "major" and "insane."The problem? Two key U.S. reservoirs has fallen to a h... 60723303
Reposted by Becky VeseyCmon Man @grahamgallagher.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Everyone, everyone, left right and center is trying to re-create the 20th century without actually having the conditions that created the 20th century. It’s so stupid. 217228
Reposted by Becky VeseyOrpheus "Teige" Wren 🏳️⚧️ @probablyacryptid.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Less "I would kill for my child" and "I would die for my child" and more "I would forgive/seek justice for my child" (according to your temperament and the situation) and "I would live for my child" 03814
Reposted by Becky Veseyrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Couldn't have happened to a more deserving pair of sex traffickers 734540
Reposted by Becky VeseySirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Two years from now remember what a piece of shit this guy is. The Democrats will try and make him inevitable as the nominee and we have to stop that from happening. He represents the politics of Obama Hillary & Biden, putting corporations first & keeping almost everyone else off the list entirely. 1256
Reposted by Becky VeseyClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026happy Pride Eve to all the people who are about to paraphrase this tweet from 2022 or repost it with my name removed as if it’s a thought they just had themselves 581803182
Reposted by Becky VeseyPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The history of reconstruction is one of failure. Congress overturning presidential veto after veto in order to attempt reconstruction, *impeaching* a president over this. And then it was fully killed by 1876. 328245
Reposted by Becky VeseyMicah @rincewind.run · 17/05/2026the overwhelming message the AI industry has sent to young people is “this will ruin any chance you have at a stable career”, of course college grads are booing it regardless of the reality of the claims, the way this technology has been sold is one of the greatest self-inflicted PR disasters ever 7352061051
Reposted by Becky VeseyRo Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Kickstarter officially banning adult content now. Knew this was coming, but it still sucks to have yet another part of the internet that I've been explicitly evicted from. Digital gentrification is exhausting. 3370093373
Reposted by Becky VeseyWhitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This might be a tight time for so many people, but please remember you’re not on your own. Get familiar with your local: Community fridges No buy groups Community swaps Food pantries Community gardens Mutual aid Libraries (for more than just books) We are all we got. But we got each other. 425299
Reposted by Becky VeseyVictoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 03/05/2026'Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre', Maryland - I was privately commissioned to memorialise the BARC by a past employee after learning it will be shut down by the USDA after over 100 years of research. They wanted to focus of this aerial embroidery to be the field plots... 1/3 (see thread) 341791574
Reposted by Becky VeseyMicro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 26/03/2026"I grant you one wish," the magic fish said. "To eat my mother's pancakes again, just like when I was a child." "Are you sure?" "You think it frivolous?" "No. But to grant it I must send you back to the child you were, with no adult memories." "Would my life change?" "You ask that every time." 3445131
Reposted by Becky VeseyMisa on Wheels @misaonwheels.bsky.social · 27/03/2026They complain about disabled people not working all while making it nearly impossible for disabled people to work or find employment. 24514
Reposted by Becky VeseyJohn Cohen @jccohen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Had cause to bust this out yesterday, and figure it can't hurt to share it again more widely. 01410
Reposted by Becky VeseyCake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 03/04/2026yes you fucking morons free preschool for everyone or it becomes just "free preschool for the poors" and then you call them leeches and ask for tax breaks when really we want free preschool for everyone because we want smart well adjusted kids why is this so hard? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/n...nytimes.comThey Pay $34 for Burgers. Should Their Child Care Be Free? 19675381654
Becky Vesey @beckyvesey.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Sound ON, so you can hear how *stoked* the pilot is. 020
Reposted by Becky Veseykey-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Call. Your. Senators. They just killed off the forest service. (Sorry about the substack link, I couldn’t find any other reporting on this) morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...morethanjustparks.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 14510524
Reposted by Becky VeseyBolts @boltsmag.org · 02/04/2026The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled last week that it’s unconstitutional to automatically sentence someone to life in prison without the possibility for parole for a killing they didn’t participate in or personally commit.boltsmag.orgPennsylvania’s Supreme Court Reins in Life Sentences for Felony MurderThe court’s ruling could create a pathway out of prison for more than 1,000 people who were automatically sentenced to life without parole for murders they themselves didn 340582
Becky Vesey @beckyvesey.bsky.social · 03/04/2026FUCK. I mean, if I had known, I would have enrolled! There isn't enough goddamn advertising of these things! 021
Reposted by Becky Veseyfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 02/04/2026William Hawkins (American Artist, born 1962) 858678970
Reposted by Becky VeseyScott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 01/04/2026moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!! 4558602175
Reposted by Becky VeseyDex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 22/03/2026I have been losing it at this post from the Dems on instagram. 281302246
Reposted by Becky VeseyPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I’ve heard it said that it takes around 17 years in order for health findings to truly impact mainstream practices, which I suppose means we’re just another 10 years away from people realizing they should really try to avoid catching Covid repeatedly. 412335
Reposted by Becky VeseyElana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This is #LongCovidAwarenessMonth btw. And yes even vacinated kids get long covid. Vaccinated people of all ages are far less likely to die or be hospitalized from acute covid but anyone can get long covid. Even previously healthy kids.unmc.eduWhy Are So Many Children Getting Long COVID?Newsweek It’s been more than five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, although millions of Americans, including children, are still affected by it today. More than one million&nbs… 02711
Reposted by Becky VeseyElana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This article doesn’t mention long covid. Long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children. 410634
Reposted by Becky VeseyPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 11/03/2026It is understandable if on this occasion (six years since the WHO declared Covid a pandemic) you find yourself reflecting on all you lost in this pandemic, but do not forget the 7.1 million reported (the 18.2-33.5 million estimated) who lost all in this pandemic. 05114
Reposted by Becky VeseyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Imagine a world where Americans were smarter and didn’t applaud when reactionary idiot Ronald Reagan made a show out of removing the solar panels Jimmy Carter had installed on the White House. We wouldn’t now have to worry about affording to fill gas tanks next month. 38593002112
Reposted by Becky Veseyc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 25/04/2025There's a tendon that runs along the base of a cat's foot, just between the toe beans, the 'digital flexor tendon'. Contracting it causes the claws to extend, but notice that the motion isn't "forward", it's "rotational". Let's look at the remarkable claws of the cat! 8411110
Reposted by Becky VeseyKing Leo @nywiseass.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Iranian hackers threatening to hack into the top 3 credit bureaus and wiping Americans debt… and I just wanna know who I gotta speak to in order to expedite this. 1965031996
Becky Vesey @beckyvesey.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Last summer (or was it the one before) Mr Vesey and I canned tomato soup. Tonight we cracked one open, heated it up, and added a bit of cream. I added avocado to mine, then added some greens powder I made last summer from dehydrated leafy greens. It's delightful and extra nutritious! 010
Reposted by Becky Veseytern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 06/03/2026We are insane. Our species is insane. 13368115
Reposted by Becky VeseyConor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 07/03/2026An unexpected benefit of taking a late-night train on a Saturday is that the coughing and the sneezing combined with the drunken roaring and predictably unpleasant sounds coming from the toilet is a powerful reminder that avoiding Covid and staying sober are wise life choices. 319720
Reposted by Becky VeseyPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Six years ago had I known what was about to happen I would have looked around so I could appreciate (all things considered) how good I had it. Six years from now I just hope that I do not find myself looking back at today and (all things considered) thinking the same thing. 611633
Reposted by Becky Veseygwenix @gwenix.bsky.social · 27/02/2026We are at rising unemployment rates. This is a rule that would just render a lot of people unhoused. 021
Reposted by Becky VeseyKelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those. 503136916
Reposted by Becky VeseyPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 28/06/2024There is a specific type of demoralizing fascism where people lose rights they had, in their lifetime, fought to get recognized. Not *just* losing rights, but seeing decades of hard effort dissolve. Reconstruction, Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute, Dobbs, the coming overturning of Obergefell, etc 51048323
Reposted by Becky VeseyJB RoseCityComicCon table H48 @jenniebreeden.thedevilspanties.com · 27/02/2026Our beauty standards are set by pedophiles 012756
Reposted by Becky Veseye(Ag)le 🦅 @silvereagle.dev · 10/02/2026Reposting this with alt text. 141842544
Becky Vesey @beckyvesey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Once again I'm ruminating on the certainty of someday being assumed I was a "good American" and okay with the fascism, no matter what I say against it or do to resist it. I remind myself that an unknown number of Nazi-era Germans also spoke against it and silently resisted, to the same assumptions. 010
